Rosie has been very involved with trying to help animals in kill shelters find homes. A few weeks ago she located a dog on Saturday in Ga that was to be killed on Monday morning. We discussed it and decided to give it a go.

Tag 295 as Posted Online

We didn’t know how it would work, what her temperament might be we had to try, worst case tag 289 would not die Monday. Rosie contacted the rescue people and Tag 295 was retrieved and taken to be spayed and named Tessie. Rosie also started to work on coordinating transport to Maine which seemed to take longer than it should but after a few weeks we located one out of Saco.

Rosie and Tessie First Meeting

Tessie arrived in NH at the Traffic circle the morning of June 16, 2011. Rosie, Teah and I met her and welcomed her to our new home. She seemed a bit younger than we thought she would be we guess her age to be 7 months. We spent quite a bit of time hanging with her until Rosie had to go to work and I took her home. She fit right in and is such a dog as compared to our existing pack. She immediately demonstrated her love of gardening by laying IN our gardens and seems pretty fearless although she is submissive.

Tessie preparing to head to her new home

Now a couple months later I can say she has really settled in. She has been learning the basics and Teah has been helping to coach her along. She also is fun for Teah because she can and does play. We take her to the dog park and she interacts so well with other dogs. She really has become a member of the family and demonstrates what a success the rescue programs can be.

Tessie and Rosie at the Dog Park

Tessie Hanging in the Yard